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Friendly face, but cities will soon recognize this woman as their new watchdog. See Page A19
Letter outlines Liberal strategy Leaked document further taints process: NDP Wanda Chow
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comes to cultivating his own cookie duster. “It’s not exactly a look I can pull off,” says Labossiere. “I take a lot of grief.” This is his third Movember. He got involved after hearing about the initiative from friends in Australia, where it started in 2003 as a bet between two buddies to see who could grow the best moustache. Friends and relatives joined in and transformed the challenge into a fundraising effort for prostate cancer. Last year more than 854,000 participants around the world raised $125.7 million.
As an officer involved with community programs, Movember was an easy campaign to get behind says Labossiere. “It’s part of our public service.” Which is exactly why Roemer decided to park his razor until the end of the month. “I just thought it was my turn to get involved.” But he’ll be unleashing the shaving cream as soon as the calendar changes to December. “This is sort of an embarrassing effort,” he says of his cockeyed whiskers. • To find out more, or to support a Mo Bro: http://ca.movember.com
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A document newly leaked to the BC New Democrats further adds fuel to accusations of political interference in the Burnaby Hospital community consultation process. The three-page document is purportedly written by three Liberal operatives—Pamela Gardner, former Liberal riding president for Burnaby-Edmonds, Brian Bonney, a former Burnaby mayoral candidate who reportedly works as a B.C. government communications director, and Mark Robertson, director of field operations for the BC Liberal Party. It proposes using the prospect of a rebuilt Burnaby Hospital as a campaign issue in the next provincial election. “We will never win New Westminster and likely Burnaby Edmonds in the next campaign,” the trio wrote.
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